Remembering Charlie Kirk | 9.11.25

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated yesterday at a speaking event in Utah. He was 31. Kirk will be remembered as a generational voice and a driving force behind President Trump’s return to the White House, as well as the ascendance of conservative thought in the culture. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy morning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bent in Utah.
0:01.3	Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole
0:06.9	country.
0:07.8	What do we know so far about the tragic incident and the suspect?
0:11.6	I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley.
0:15.4	It's Thursday, September 11th, and this is Morning Wire.
0:22.3	One of the reasons we're living through a constitutional crisis is that we no longer have
0:26.3	a Christian nation, but we have a Christian form of government, and they're incompatible.
0:30.7	Kirk was a generational voice who many credit with putting Donald Trump back in the White
0:34.8	House in 2024. We discuss his remarkable legacy.
0:38.5	Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know.
0:46.0	Charlie Kirk, a massively influential political activist and conservative media star,
0:52.0	was assassinated Wednesday afternoon during a campus event in Utah.
0:56.0	Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest on this story that has really stunned
1:00.5	the Nation A Cabot. So a difficult day here at the Daily Wire, a lot of people praying for Charlie
1:04.9	and his family. A lot of people know him very well. First, walk us through what happened yesterday.
1:10.6	Yeah, just a devastating day from millions of Americans, including us here at the Daily Wire.
1:15.8	Charlie Kirk was the president and founder of Turning Point USA and Turning Point Action,
1:20.1	two of the largest and most influential conservative organizations in the country.
1:24.4	He also hosted a massively popular radio show and podcast as well. Put simply,
1:28.7	John, he was just an icon for many in the conservative movement. And he played an immense role
1:34.2	in the election and re-election of Donald Trump. But he's perhaps best known for his speaking
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